Today’s Headlines

  • … as the U.S. DOT chief kicks off a campaign to get more women involved in transport careers (Prog. RR’ing)
  • House GOP’s earmark moratorium could affect Minnesota’s transport projects over the long term (MinnPost)
  • High-speed rail advocates focus on a possible L.A.-Vegas-Phoenix link (Phoenix Biz Jrnl)
  • Chicago transit agencies spending nearly $1m per year on lobbying state government (Trib Blogs)
  • D.C. Metro transit officials warn that even with their $150m annual aid from Congress, they will be forced to limit capital spending to critical maintenance (DC Biz Jrnl)
  • Tampa navigates the tricky path of sustaining local support for new light rail (Creative Loafing)

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U.S. DOT’s new "TIGER II" grant program is encouraging Texas state DOT officials to hope the second time is a charm when it comes to funding a fix for an aging rail intersection … (Star-Telegram) … and Washington D.C. city officials to hope for new bike-share funding … (DC Biz Jrnl) … and northwestern Tennessee […]

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LaHood hits upstate New York to talk up the potential future of local high-speed rail (Roch Biz Jrnl, RocNow, EmpireStateNews) Passage of new sales tax to fund transit sparking recriminations among St. Louis tea partyers (Post-Dispatch) U.S. DOT pledges $200 million for the cross-Hudson River transit tunnel (Star-Ledger) Local crackdowns on distracted drivers touted as […]

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Road lobbyists accuse Obama of neglecting highways by promoting walkable development (Fleet Owner) Blumenauer offers legislation authorizing $2 billion in competitive grants for local bike projects (Blumenauer Press) A draft of the new Kerry-Lieberman-Graham climate proposal is expected this week, with revenue from their planned fuel tax going towards "transportation projects" (Greenwire) The Bunning filibuster: […]

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